Reporter at Metro’s Ecoroof

Reporter at Metro’s Ecoroof

Check out episode 28 of the Portland music series directed by fellow Truckerspeed author Sean Whiteman, produced by me (Scott) with sound done by our talented friends at Dexterous Productions, plus a couple of other cool dudes, Jov Luke and Matt Huiskamp. We’d been talking to the band Reporter for awhile trying to set up [...]

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Fogatron Gets Mouthy at Acme Donuts

Fogatron Gets Mouthy at Acme Donuts

Episode 27 of our Portland music video series “the Penny Jam” features Fogotron beatboxing one Sunday last Fall at Acme Donuts on Powell.

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Loch Lomond performs “Ghost of an Earthworm” at the Ace Hotel in Episode 26 of the Penny Jam

Loch Lomond performs “Ghost of an Earthworm” at the Ace Hotel in Episode 26 of the Penny Jam

Sometimes we’re so busy fawning over other people’s work that we forget to post our own. Worry no more as I present episode 26 of our ongoing Portland music video series, The Penny Jam with Loch Lomond. This was shot on June 28, 2009 and I remember the day very vividly because I was feeling [...]

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The Dimes and the Penny Jam visit St. Cupcake

The Dimes and the Penny Jam visit St. Cupcake

Episode 25 of our Portland music video series The Penny Jam with the Dimes is out now! The gentleman from the band don’t normally wear British military uniforms but in a stroke of good luck we caught them on the same day they had done some promotional photography and they already had the costumes. The [...]

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Explode into Colors Explodes in the Portland Art Museum

Explode into Colors Explodes in the Portland Art Museum

As we started to polish up the next episode of the Penny Jam (our ongoing video series), it occurred to me that we hadn’t posted the most recent episode, number 24 featuring Explode into Colors. It’s been getting some loving on the internet, and for good reason. Explode into Colors brings the energy like a [...]

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Panther, Live from a bookstore display window in downtown Portland

Panther, Live from a bookstore display window in downtown Portland

Behold, the long awaited episode 23 the Penny Jam! It’s featuring Panther playing in a window display at Cameron’s Books in downtown Portland. We caught Panther before they took off on an international expedition including some coverage on Russian television and from the looks of their Myspace page they are playing at the Strawberry Music [...]

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Celilo at Ken’s Workshop

Celilo at Ken’s Workshop

Check out episode 21 of The Penny Jam, filmed in a woodshop near 17th and Powell in Portland Oregon. Our friend Ken Tomita hosted, allowing a band and crew to set up in his place. Ken is a woodworker who works mostly with bamboo, and has some really great peices. His blog is also a [...]

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